BUSES' WORLD NEWS - Condenseds -
* Pre-pay, can’t pay: trouble on the buses over shortage of ticket machines
UK -Enfield & Haringey Independent -1 Feb 2006: Ticked off: a travel watchdog warns users of the N29 could be stranded owing to a lack of ticket machines... Passengers hoping to catch the N29 night bus into Enfield risk being stranded at the roadside owing to a shortage of pre-pay ticket machines along the route, a transport watchdog has warned...
* Train replacement buses 'take too long'
Suffolk,England,UK -East Anglian Daily Times -1 Feb 2006: A train operator has been hit with fresh criticism just days after an accident at a Suffolk railway station left six people injured.A train hit the buffers at Sudbury Railway Station on Friday, and rail company One has been criticised for its “disappointing” replacement emergency bus services...
* Park and ride buses see jump in users
Cambridge,England,UK -Cambridge Evening News -1 Feb 2006: PEOPLE are flocking to the award-winning park and ride service in Cambridge... More than 1.6 million commuters a year now use it, up nearly 20 per cent on the same time last year... New initiatives such as shop and ride and bus duddies - wheeled shopping buggies - have helped encourage people to use the service... Cambridge has five park and ride sites, and up to three children can travel free if accompanied by a fare-paying adult...
* More night buses on town centre routes
UK -Star - 2 Feb 2006: EVENING and late-night bus services are to double in frequency in Harlow under new plans to improve access to the town's leisure activities... The changes are being brought in on Sunday week by Arriva in conjunction with Essex County Council... They include providing a half-hourly service on all evening town routes using low floor vehicles operating on weekdays until midnight...
* Night buses will need subsidising
Coventry, UK -ic Coventry, by Alan Harris -Feb 2, 2006: A 24-HOUR bus service in Coventry would need subsidising if it is stand a chance of success, according to a transport boss... Bernard Delaney, managing director at Travel Coventry, warned that running a late-night and early morning service wouldn't be a straightforward commercial operation... Transport chiefs are considering the round-the-clock service if there is enough public support for the idea...
* US: Chicago orders buses with widest ever seats
Chicago,Ill,USA -AWKnowledge, by Bill Godwin -2 Feb, 2006: Although the city is playing down a link between the alarming rise in the US of obesity with the specification of its new bus fleet, a US$17.2m order by the Chicago Transit Authority for 125 vehicles includes provision for the widest seats ever suppl...
* USU Will Replace Big Vans With Buses
SALT LAKE CITY,OH,USA -AP -Feb 3, 2006: Utah State University has announced it will replace its full-size passenger vans with 15-passenger buses with dual rear tires...
* Cameras needed on school buses, officials say
Dickson,TN,USA -Dickson Herald, by Teri Burton -3 Feb 2006: Purchase likely won’t happen... Dickson County school buses need to be equipped with video cameras to monitor student behavior as they travel to and from school, school officials say... Jesse Roberts, transportation director for the school system, said “kids aren’t like they used to be” and that the cameras would be useful in backing up the drivers who report student misbehavior on a daily basis...
* Making the Buses Run on Time
Myrtle Beach,SC,USA -Myrtle Beach Sun News -Feb. 03, 2006: Ocean Boulevard route won't gain more riders until Lymo is more reliable... Waccamaw Regional Transportation Authority officials are trying to figure out why ridership has plunged on its most popular route - along Ocean Boulevard - and how to fix it... They're wondering if putting trolleys on the route, rather than buses, would make riding more appealing to tourists...
* Concrete lane for high-capacity buses
New Delhi,India - Delhi Newsline -Feb 2. 2006: In another twist to the High-Capacity Bus saga, the Delhi government today decided to choose concrete over bitumen for building the system’s first corridor in the Capital... The original tenders for the project were subsequently scrapped by the government, citing higher costs. Meanwhile, six high-capacity buses started plying on normal bus routes...
posted by Unknown @ 1:06 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home